Student Heads Assume Offices at Barnard College
President Margaret Boyle outlined the Undergraduate Association’s aims to strengthen liberal arts education and democratic practices. Jean Allison reviewed the year’s achievements including the Refugee Drive and Treasury Department reform, with Bear Pin revisions and upcoming interfaith and antiwar efforts.
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Aldersleeve
Barnard
Jean Allison
Treasury Department
Margaret Boyle
Miss Allison
Refugee Committee
Mabel Houk
Metropolitan Committee For Intercollegiate Cooperation
Representative Assembly
Allison
Land and Building Fund Committee
Social Committee
Louise Comer
Ruth Cummings
Barbara Denneen
Edwina Dusenbery
Margaret Grant
Ruth Halle
Ruth Hershfield
Evelyn Hoole
Ava Ponchelet
Barbara Reade
Barbara Ridgway
Virginia Rockwell
Mildred Rubinstein
Dorothy Alberta Smith
Doris Williams
Meredith Wright
Columbia Meeting Emphasizes Mutual Understanding and Peace
A crowd of about 1,500 heard speakers urge nonaggression and cooperative action to avert war. Bert Witt criticized U S foreign policy for penalizing totalitarian victims and called for keeping America out of war while strengthening defense. Coleman urged support for the Ludlow Amendment letting citizens vote on troops. Reverend Andrus asked backing for a Refugee Drive to provide education opportunities for displaced students in totalitarian states.
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Bert Witt
America
Coleman
Andrus
Barnard Fellow Thank You Letter From Italy Exchange
Claire Murray expresses deep gratitude for the Barnard Italian Exchange Fellowship. She details studies in political science and law, Italian lessons, and research with professors, plus experiences from Pope Pius XII’s coronation to Rome sights and a World’s Fair translation project.
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Miss Gildersleeve
Barnard
America
Volpe
Lessona
Costamagna
Chamber of Deputies
Torquato Giannini
Casa Vallecchi
Florence
Pius XII
Basilica of
St. Peter’s
Italy
Opera House
Temple of
Macentius
Teatro Adriano
Colosseum
Caracalla
Five Clubs Select Heads For 1939 40
Five club elections name new leaders for 1939 40 school year Dorothea Johnston becomes Wycliffe president replacing Louise Preusch Marjorie Weiss leads French Club Martha Bennett heads Episcopal Club Vera Arndt chaired Lutheran Club Bettina Boynton leads Spanish Club Additional officers named for Wycliffe Molly Wyland Alice Kliemand Alice Harte Mary Smith and others for French Club Frances Wasserman Elaine Bernstein Kathleen Peterson Dorothy Speake Spanish officers include Alice Harte and Helen Webster
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Dorothea Johnston
Louise Preusch
Wycliffe Club
Marjorie Weiss
Martha Bennett
Episcopal
Vera Arndt
Bettina Boynton
Molly Wyland
Alice Kliemand
Alice Harte
Mary Smith
Mary Ewald
Virginia Smith
Frances Wasserman
Elaine Bernstein
Kathleen Peterson
Dorothy Speake
Helen Webster
Fosdick Speaks at Wycliffe Club Tea in College Parlor
Dr. Harry Fosdick of Riverside Baptist Church was guest of honor at a tea hosted by the Wycliffe Club in the College Parlor last Tuesday. He answered questions on the European crisis, refugees, and religious duties, rather than giving a formal address, with Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve and others attending.
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Harry Fosdick
Riverside Baptist Church
Wycliffe Club
Fosdick
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Columbia
Claire Murray
Elizabeth Arden
Helena Rubinstein
Dorothy Gray
Leatherie Caron
Tilson’s Drug Store
Broadway
116Th Street
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Peggy Sage
Lost and
Dr. Fosdick
College
Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Mabel Foote Weeks
Mary E. Lyman
Robert Andrus
Raymond Knox
Louis Jouvet
ROOV
Bulletin Business
Phyllis Kenner
Miss Weeks
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